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Apple makes searchable WWDC 2016 video transcripts available
How-To: Use Final Cut Pro X’s proxy media feature to edit 4K video on the MacBook [Video]
I love my 2016 MacBook for a variety of reasons, but there are still some areas where its Core M processor struggles to keep up. When it comes to exporting 4K video, the MacBook shines due to Intel Quick Sync Video hardware encoding. Editing 4K video, however, is much more taxing on the MacBook, especially when employing various effects and color correction.
Thankfully, Final Cut Pro X has built-in features that allow users to edit 4K video on even the most anemic of systems. In this post, we’ll show you how to leverage proxy media in order to successfully edit video on an underpowered Mac. more…
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Apple Music for Android updated with playback + sorting issue fixes
Apple Music for Android — one of Apple’s three apps on Google’s platform — has an update today that includes fixes for both playback and sorting issues. Here’s the change log for version 0.9.11:
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9to5Toys Lunch Break: Stainless Steel Apple Watch Band $20, Affinity Mac Photo Editor $40, Pebble Time $85, more
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TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS:
Here’s a stainless steel Apple Watch band in Silver or Space Gray for $20 Prime shipped (Reg. $26)
Bring Nomad’s handsome Italian Leather Apple Watch Bands to your wrist for as low as $80 shipped
Grab the best Mac app from 2015 Affinity Photo for $40 (Reg. $50)
Add a Pebble Time Smartwatch to your wrist for $85 shipped (Reg. $110+)
Get an Apple Watch Sport 38mm in your choice of three colors (refurb) for $210 (Orig. $349)
Dragon Dictation for Mac V5: $90 w/ code DRAGON (Orig. $200)
Parallels Desktop 11: Run Windows/Android/Linux/anything seamlessly on your Mac: $40 (50% off) shipped or less
Apple’s latest 13-inch MacBook Air is on sale for as little as $750 shipped w/ .edu (Reg. $999)
Apple’s 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro brings power and a beautiful display to your work: $1,600 shipped (Reg. $1,999)
App Store Free App of the Week: LOOPIMAL music making app goes free for the first time (Reg. $3)
Apple offering free download of sketching app Procreate via Apple Store app
One of the best sniper titles on the App Store just went 50% off: Hitman Sniper $1 (Reg. $2)
Cable management can be frustrating, here’s a few simple (and inexpensive) products I use to keep it under control
Short Lightning cables are more useful than you’d think, here are the best MFi options
Apple’s Thunderbolt Display is dead: These are the best 4K & 5K displays for Mac
Skip your pockets, the LD West gun-style iPhone holsters turn your whole life into an 80’s cop show
MORE NEW GEAR FROM TODAY:
Daily Deals: Polaroid Cube 1080p HD Camera $65, 1Byone Thin Indoor HDTV Antenna $10, more
- Aukey water-resistant Bluetooth Speaker $20 Prime shipped (Reg. $25), more
- Games/Apps: Uncharted 4 + 1yr. PS Plus $80, FIFA 16 from $16, Table Tennis Touch $1, more
- Amazon is giving away $5 credits when you download the Facetune App for Android
- Amazon is discounting a slew of Adidas training gear today with prices starting at $11
- Stay connected while traveling w/ 6-months of free Boingo Wi-Fi access (Android device req’d)
- Save 25% on a subscription to Adobe’s Creative Cloud Photography plan: $7.50/mo or $90/yr
- Amazon has everything you need to start your own band: Marshall Micro Amp $38, more
- Don’t be shy! Some of the best Amazon Prime Day deals are reserved for those who speak up
- Your cat will love you forever if you buy him this best-selling heated kitty-bed for under $15
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MORE DEALS STILL ALIVE:
Mophie iPhone 5/s/SE 1500mAh Battery Case: $15 (Reg. $25)
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Apple’s ‘iOS Developer Academy’ begins in Oct. at Università di Napoli Federico II
Apple’s new European iOS App Development Center, announced back in January, is about to officially launch as the Università di Napoli Federico II in Naples today confirms it has partnered with Apple on the initiative (via Macerkopf).
When Apple first announced its plans for the new development center, the first of its kind to offer training for app developers in Europe, it didn’t say which school it would be partnering with to push the specialized curriculum. Today it confirmed the Università di Napoli Federico II will play host to the “iOS Developer Academy” with a dedicated facility that will offer Apple’s specialized app development training to a couple hundred students.
The program will begin in October and last nine months.
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Facebook testing end-to-end encryption in Messenger, branded Secret Conversations
Facebook Messenger is the latest app to adopt end-to-end encryption for its chats, ensuring that conversations cannot be accessed even by Facebook. It’s just in testing so far, but the company says that it will be made available more widely in the course of the summer.
We are starting to test the ability to create one-to-one secret conversations in Messenger that will be end-to-end encrypted and which can only be read on one device of the person you’re communicating with. That means the messages are intended just for you and the other person — not anyone else, including us.
While Apple uses end-to-end encryption as standard for both iMessages and FaceTime, and WhatsApp followed suit in April, Facebook is taking a slightly different approach …
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Pokémon player shot at while hunting in the woods – or stages a poor-taste prank [Video]
Apple Pay/contactless payment users are better tippers – Square data
Data from businesses using Square’s mobile payment terminal revealed that those using Apple Pay and other forms of contactless payment are better tippers than those using conventional cards. The company found that while 67% of swipe card customers added a tip, the number jumped to 73% for NFC payments.
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